The predictors of parental use of corporal punishment

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-91

  Grogan Kaylor, Andrew ^a   Otis, Melanie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporal punishment; Discipline; Parent child relationships; Tobit regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845650767     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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